Imagine a young couple buying an affordable house in a neighborhood with the comfort of knowing that their home could grow along with their family and their finances. Consider a couple of aging “baby boomers” who would like to downsize to an efficiently designed two bedroom cottage – with the...
Search our entire collection of Garage Apartment Plans. There are countless types of construction projects that are fashionable with today's homeowners, but one in particular stands alone - literally. It's the detached garage with an upper-level apartment floor plan. For an array of reasons, detached garage designs are experiencing resurgence in popularity. In...
(ARA) - Your home is bursting at the seams but buying something bigger is out of the question in this economy. And your improvement budget is limited, so you can't please every member of the family with whatever renovation you choose to fund. Or can you? Polls show that many American...
Search over 140 Two-Car Garages here. Building a new garage, whether detached or attached, is a one of those things that will most likely cause you to say, "I should have done this years ago." A garage not only offers you practical benefits on a daily basis, it also significantly increases...
Add a Twist of Something Special to Your New Back Yard With about a million things to think about, it's understandable that if you're planning to build a new home, you may not have spent much time thinking beyond the home itself. The yard - especially the back yard - has...
Backyard decks are smart choice for entertaining, outdoor living They're comfortable. They can be a private sanctuary or party central. They're as close to home as you can get. And they often return as much money as it costs to build them. They are decks - a practical and enjoyable investment...
View The Garlinghouse DIY Deck Plans collection. This two-tiered, ground-level deck is made entirely out of ChoiceDek, a composite material created by mixing wood fibers (red cedar or some other type of softwood) with polyethylene, which comes from recycled consumer waste. Photo courtesy of ChoiceDek. Backyard decks are great because they offer level...
